Program Manager

About Collabera:
Established in 1991, Collabera is one of the fastest growing end-to-end information technology services and solutions companies globally. As a half a billion dollar IT company, Collabera's client-centric business model, commitment to service excellence and Global Delivery Model enables its global 2000 and leading mid-market clients to deliver successfully in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
With over 8200 IT professionals globally, Collabera provides value-added onsite, offsite and offshore technology services and solutions to premier corporations. Over the past few years, Collabera has been awarded numerous accolades and Industry recognitions including.
• Collabera awarded Best Staffing Company to work for in 2012 by SIA. (hyperlink here)
• Collabera listed in GS 100 - recognized for excellence and maturity
• Collabera named among the Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses
• Collabera listed in GS 100 & ranked among top 10 service providers
• Collabera was ranked:
• 32 in the Top 100 Large Businesses in the U.S
• 18 in Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S
• 3 in the Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in New Jersey
• 3 in the Top 100 Privately-held Businesses in New Jersey
• 66th on FinTech 100
• 35th among top private companies in New Jersey
http://www.collabera.com/about_us/accolades.jsp
Collabera recognizes true potential of human capital and provides people the right opportunities for growth and professional excellence. Collabera offers a full range of benefits to its employees including paid vacations, holidays, personal days, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, 401K retirement savings plan, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance.

Shift : Mon-Fri 9 – 5

Comments From HL:

• Needs to be a True Project Manager Candidate

• Must have experience on the business side NOT the IT side.

• Need to be Proactive – be able to watch for detail

• Strong project manager skills

• Will be working on Regulatory Project

Job Qualifications:

• Be proactive; operate with a sense of purpose and passion 

• Ability to think like a general manager and see the bigger picture while keeping an very close eye on the details 

• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to tailor written or oral updates based on level of audience. 

• Ability to build and leverage relationships

• Ability to ask investigative questions to confirm project progress amongst Stakeholders, with alienation

• Lead and influence without direct authority

• Adaptable to firms culture; execute on any direct and candidate feedback

• Ability to effectively manage multiple and often conflicting priorities under tight timeframes; produces tangible outcomes (not caught up in non-value “busy” work)

• WORD, EXCEL and PPT knowledge a must

• Internal Audit experience is a plus

Job Responsibilities:

• Work with Vice Presidents’ and Directors’ to develop detailed project plans with owners, timelines, and sub-tasks

• Create a project plan visual to track progress and publish weekly; Proactively work with Stakeholder to solve for challenges that could impact project timelines

• Lead weekly status report meetings, and based on discussion, make changes real time on project plan (projected on screen) for audience viewing

• Responsible for using change control procedures for any changes to scope, schedule and resources

• Responsible for using milestone closure procedures at the end of each key stage of process.

• Write change controls and milestone closure documentation which are clear and concise for broader Stakeholder understanding.

• Facilitate and oversee operational calendar in a high visible role to ensure stakeholders are reviewing the quality and completeness of firms customer data

• Responsible to oversee that upstream reports are available for stakeholders review; publish status reports to confirm project on target; oversee that data issues are corrected with proper archival of remediation documentation

• Assist in the facilitation (and logistics) of a high profile monthly meeting; assist in agenda preparation; prepare and publish meeting minutes; track any follow-ups

• Consolidate and document all open findings by Internal Audit, Compliance, Regulators from various reports onto a single project plan; update monthly and share with Management for an “at a glance” view 

• On a monthly basis, track changes to people resources (locations, titles) engaged in project; report monthly to management (including Finance)

• On a monthly basis, track status of project budget; ensure contracts with any external vendors are secured, monitor and report monthly budget “burn rate”

• Review key documents of the firm to ensure proper and standardized formatting; format documents so they are ready for management review

• Promote Project Management best-practice through formal and informal networks. Will act as a mentor to the Project Management community.

Compliance, Regulatory, Budgeting, Internal Audit